Spoon-bait for fishing



(No Model.)

W. T. J. LOWE.

SPOON BAIT FOR FISHING.

No. 256,843. Patented Apr. 25, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. J. LOWE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SPOON-BAIT FOR FISHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,843, dated April 25, 1882.

Application filed February 25, 1882. (N0 model.) Patented in Canada January 28, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. J. Lown, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butfalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoon-Bait for Fishing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ret'ereneebeing had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,whieh form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of spoonbait in which the lower portion of the spoon is adjustably held out from the rod upon which it revolves.

Heretofore spoons have been made with U- shaped guides rigidly secured thereto and enibracing the rod upon which the spoon revolves and having spiral springs surrounding the guide between the spoon and rod. Such a construction is faulty in this respect, that the U-shaped guide, which projects more or less from the rod, is apt to catch upon the side of the boat or other obstruction and become bent or broken. Again, spoons have been made with a wire secured at the bottom of the spoon and extending in a curve downwardly to the rod, and there loosely secured by an eye in the end of the wire. This form of spoon-bait, like the other just described, is liable to catch upon obstacles with which it comes in contact.

The object of my invention is to avoid these difiiculties; and to that end it consists in providing the spoon with a spring formed of wire, such spring being located near the top thereof, or where the spoon is loosely secured to the rod upon which it revolves. The spring is provided at a point near the spoon with one or more spirals turns, so as to give it the proper degree of elasticity.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is view of a spoon-bait, showing the application of my spring; and Fig. 2 is a detached view of the spoon and spring.

In the drawings, a. is the rod upon which the a spoon revolves, provided with the usual loops, to and a".

I) is the hook attached to loop a, and c is the swivel attached to loop (t both being of ordinaryconstruction. d is the spoon, provided with the eye d, which loosely encircles the rod a. e is the spring, having one end, 6, rigidly secured by solder or otherwise to the spoon 67, near the top thereof, and upon its inside surface. The spring 0 is formed at 0 into one or more spiral turns'to give it the requisite elasticity, I having found by experiment that a single bend alone will not insure a perfect and reliable working of the'spoon at all times. The other end of spring a is formed into an eye, a, which, like the eye 01 of the spoon, loosely encircles the rod a and works up and down thereon. The position of the spoon depends upon the speed with which the bait is drawn through the water, the lower end ofthe spoon moving in toward the rod a, as the speed is increased,asclearlyillustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

By locating the spring 0 at the upper end of the spoon, as described, it is entirely protected by the spoon from being torn away or damaged,which is a very great advantage over those now in use, and the spiral turns e serve to give it that degree of permanent elasticity which is not possessed by the plain spring located at the bottom of the spoon, as hereinbefore described.

I claim The combination, with the rod 0t and the spoon d, provided with the eye d, of the spring 0, having the spiral turn or turns 6 and the eye 0 the spring 0 being located near the top of the spoon and being rigidly attached to the spoon at one end, and working loosely upon the rod to at the other end, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM '1. J. LOWE.

Witnesses: JNo. M. 'Pnovoosr W. T. MILLER. 

